HP Z230 SFF Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	58% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	HP Z230 SFF Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1906
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '21 at 00:22
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3-$200 2,511 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Memory 67.5 1-Core 104 2-Core 201 69% 124 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 578 58% 471 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	58% Above average	Lighting 71.2 Reflection 83.7 Parallax 74.8 58% 76.6 fps	MRender 77.7 Gravity 70.9 Splatting 65.6 58% 71.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 106 108 105 102 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 412 Write 128 Mixed 180 SusWrite 104 45% 206 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 70.9 4K Mixed 28.7 119% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 143 104% 135 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 80%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 11GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 79 80 61 87 117 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	51% Above average	Read 94.3 Write 89 Mixed 62 SusWrite 83.5 61% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 115GB free Firmware: HP73 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 94 97 99 98 96 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 96.8 Write 94.1 Mixed 58.9 SusWrite 97 64% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U7BFR8A-PB 4x4GB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	43.6% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 12.7 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 14.6 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 60%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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System: HP Z230 SFF Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	158x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	110x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	96x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	155x
Quadro K620Nvidia $170Bench 11%, 16,214 samples	87x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	73x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $55Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	19x
MX500 250GBCrucial $40Bench 101%, 77,177 samples	13x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	18x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples	17x
M378B5173QH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 55%, 3,356 samples	16x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $205

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16